Privacy Policy

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Website: https://thetrendiz.com

At The Trendiz, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding that information.

📌 Who We Are

Our website address is: https://thetrendiz.com

💬 Comments

When you leave comments on our site, we collect the information shown in the comment form, as well as your IP address and browser user agent to assist with spam detection.

If you use Gravatar, an anonymized hash of your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. After your comment is approved, your profile image may be publicly visible alongside your comment.
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🖼️ Media Uploads

If you upload images, please ensure they do not contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors to the site can potentially extract that information.

🍪 Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your user experience. Here’s how:

• If you comment, you may opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These remain active for 12 months.
• Temporary cookies are used to check if your browser accepts cookies on login.
• Login and screen preference cookies are stored for up to 2 days (or 2 weeks with “Remember Me”) and 1 year respectively.
• Publishing or editing an article sets a cookie tied to the post ID. This expires in 24 hours.

You can control or delete cookies at any time via your browser settings.

🔗 Embedded Content

Articles may include embedded media (e.g., videos, images) from other websites. Interactions with this content follow the privacy practices of the third-party site and may include tracking or data collection, especially if you’re logged into those platforms.

🤝 Data Sharing

If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email for security purposes.

⏳ Data Retention

• Comments and associated metadata are stored indefinitely to streamline follow-up interactions.
• Registered users (if any) can view, update, or delete their personal information anytime, except their usernames.
• Admins can also access and edit user data.

🛡️ Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Request an export of your personal data stored on our site.
• Ask us to delete your personal data, unless it’s required for legal, administrative, or security purposes.

To exercise your rights, please contact us at privacy@thetrendiz.com.

🌐 Where Your Data Goes

Visitor comments may be analyzed by an automated spam detection service to ensure platform integrity.

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, please contact us at:
📧 privacy@thetrendiz.com